 | Arthur Triggs - 1838 - 172 sider
...but I searched the Bible, and rested not until I found them; and I can now say with the prophet, " Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy...word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for 1 am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts" (Jer. xv. 16). The health of my body began to return,... | |
 | John Howe - 1838 - 662 sider
...then extant ; and was sweeter to him than honey to his taste, ver. 103. Thy words (saith Jeremiah) were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart, Jer. xv. 16. The word of God is then like to be done, when there is so dear a love to it;... | |
 | John Howie - 1839 - 660 sider
...all in all. If he should slay me ten thousand times, I will trust." He often repeated Jer. xv. l6. Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy...word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart : for lam called by thy name, О Лoril God ofTiosts. When exhorting one to diligence, he said, " It... | |
 | 1839 - 68 sider
...15. not forget Thy word. Ps. cxix. 16. Thy words 24. My delight shall be in thy statutes : and I will were found and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart. Jer. xv. 16. 25. St. James the Apostle.—COLLECT FOR THE DAY. Grant, O merciful God, that as thine... | |
 | Miscellaneous extracts - 1839 - 358 sider
...written Word, and reading with their own eyes the wonderful things of God, exclaimed with the prophet, " Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and the rejoicing of my heart." The crosses and public places often presented the moving eight of men,... | |
 | Maria Baldwin - 1839 - 364 sider
...written Word, and reading with their own eyes the wonderful things of God, exclaimed with the prophet, " Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and the rejoicing of my heart." The crosses and public places often presented the moving eight of men,... | |
 | 1839 - 596 sider
...(and there was given to me a reed like (a) So Ezek. iii. 1. (6) Ezek. iii. 3. Also Jer. xv. 16. t' Thy words were " found, and I did eat them, and thy word was unto me " joy, and rejoicing of mine heart j- for I am called by thy " name, O Lord God of hosts." a measuring... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1835 - 380 sider
...mouth as more than my necessary food." " I rejoice at thy word, as those that find great spoil." " Thy words were found and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart." His preference of divine truth is decided ; " I have chosen the way of truth." He earnestly... | |
 | Protestant association - 1840 - 302 sider
...should mean " to believe." Mr. A. — We read in the book of the Prophet Jeremiah, (xv. 16,) — " Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and Thy word was unto me the joy, and rejoicing of my heart." Thus, you see, eating is only the figurative term for believing. How true it is that " The... | |
 | Thomas Wemyss - 1840 - 536 sider
...digest it well in the mind. See Rev. x. 9. " Thy words were found (says the prophet Jeremiah, xv. 16), and I did eat them, and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart." Our blessed Saviour uses the same metaphorical expression, when he speaks of himself as " the Bread... | |
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Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of Hosts. 
